WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force was set to deliver aircraft to the Afghan military in April. Its suppliers have only now started building them — after the contract was contested, canceled, re-bid, re-awarded, and contested yet again.
At the U.S. Forest Service, a protest of a contract for up to seven air tankers used to drop flame retardant means the 2013 wildfire season may be over by the time the planes are flying, said a spokesman for Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo.
